Oval basket of stake and strand construction (also known as wickerwork) made of unpeeled willow rods interwoven around vertical willow rod frame.

History

According to federal census records, basketmaker Joseph Leibl was born in Hungary in 1884 and emigrated to the United States in 1907. He is listed as a resident of Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin in the 1910 census and a resident of Williamstown, Dodge County, Wisconsin, a small community in the Horicon Marsh, in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. According to the records of the Mayville Historical Society, Leibl learned the craft of basketry as a child in Hungary and made baskets in his spare time while living in Dodge County. He cut the willow branches from trees along the Rock River near his farm southeast of Mayville. An image of Leibl posing with examples of his handiwork is on file at the Mayville Historical Society.